Heartbreak for little bakery in UK seaside town – as woman steals £110k | UK | News
After discovering that a small, family -operated bakery in Cornish coastal town Loee has long been playing more than £ 110,000 for eight years, a long -time friend and reliable employee was devastated. 55 -year -old Eddystone Walk confessed to the theft by an employee at Cathryn Horsfield from St Martin, Truro Crown Court and was sentenced to two years of imprisonment.
Theft, which took place between 2014-2022, forced almost the beloved Loe furnace to close. Horsfield, a bakery manager, was defined in court that he received cash over and over again, taking advantage of the trust position. The betrayal only appeared when the owner of the bakery realized the inconsistencies in the accounts and reviewed CCTV images.
Recorder Malcolm Gibney, Horsfield “for a few years” helping himself “and” a violation of confidence in a prominent violation of the crime, “he said.
“Everyone knows you’re a thief. It was very easy.”
Prosecutor Ramsay Quaife said that the total was £ 111.296. Although Horsfield initially claimed that he had stolen £ 71,000, the court accepted the higher figure. So far it has only paid £ 1,700 and is now working as a cleaner. The crime income will come.
Horsfield, who was previously an imprisoned grandmother, was ordered to complete the 100 -hour unpaid work.
Defense lawyer Rupert Taylor, “He is ashamed of what he has done” and “he knows that everyone in the small town knows that he is a thief,” he said. “He ruined his life, but he has no one but him.”
Theft received an emotional fee to the entire oven team.
The owner’s brother Tristan Lewis said that betrayal had a permanent effect: “During this time, it had a great impact on the staff working there. All personnel felt like a spotlight.”
“We couldn’t believe that he would do it until he saw CCTV. He had become a close family friend.”
Despite the suspended sentence, the recorder Gibney made clear the seriousness of Horsfield’s actions and said how easily he exploited his position: “This was not one time.
